- Date
- February 14, 1980
- Place
- Creston, IA · CRESTON, IA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N71RTBeech A35
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800214003399A
- Case key
- 131874
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0416 80/2/14 CRESTON,IA BEECH A35 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1472 TIME - 1655 N71RT PX- 0 3 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 525 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRESTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMES,IA RED OAK,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS FREEZING RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71RT
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Creston Muni
N71RTRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Beech A35Airframe modelBeech A35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.